Boelens Steinbock

Brewed by Boelens
Style: Doppelbock
Belsele, Belgium

Bottle at Delirium, Brussels. Dark brown colour, decent off-white head, some sediment. Sweet toffee and not least yeasty aroma. Good caramel flavours with hints of rye bread. Mostly sweet, but quite complex yeasty spiciness. A new Belgian beer that resembles more a Westmalle Dubbel than a German Bock, which may not at all be a bad thing.

Reddish chestnut beer, reasonably clear but full of yeast spots that seem to be fixed in suspension; white head with reddish shine. End of bottle is very nearly solid yeast. It has some bready smell German style, but even a lot more dark brown candi sugar; sweet and alcoholic. Very sweet taste, gradually fading as if mildered by a bitterness that just doesn’t come out. Bread and walnut notes - like walnutbread, but much more sweet. In the end I get somehow raspberry extract. Very full bodied MF, slick, viscous even. Aftertaste is nutt again. No genuine German Doppelbock is just THAT sweet. But I agree, it comes close. Rid of this raspberry syrup flavour, and they’re there.